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For the curator for mammals at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, see Lisa Marie Stevens.


$\"Lisa$ Lisa Stevens on August 13, 2009, at the Gen Con ENnies awards show
Born	Lisa Stevens United States
Occupation	Editor
Language	English
Nationality	American
Genre	Role-playing games

Lisa Stevens is an American editor, CEO and founder of Paizo Publishing, and COO of Goblinworks. She began her career in games in the 1980s, working with Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein-Hagen to help produce the tabletop roleplaying game Ars Magica. She later worked at White Wolf and Wizards of the Coast before founding Paizo. She announced her gradual retirement from her role in June 2020.\n

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Education

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Stevens attended Saint Olaf College, where she met game designers Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein-Hagen.^[1] Stevens received an MBA from the University of Washington.^[2] After graduating from St. Olaf, she continued to spend time on campus running Dungeons & Dragons games.^[3]^: 232\n

Career

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Stevens joined Tweet and Rein-Hagen in the game company Lion Rampant, which published Ars Magica in 1987.^[1] Lion Rampant started as a volunteer organization, and they needed Stevens to volunteer at the company for her editorial experience.^[3]^: 232 Stevens pitched the idea of a merger to Rein-Hagen and Stewart Wieck,^[3]^: 235 and as a result Lion Rampant merged with White Wolf in 1990.^[2] While on the road to GenCon 23 in 1990 with Stevens and Wieck, Rein-Hagen envisioned the ideas for what became Vampire: The Masquerade, which the new company published in 1991.^[3]^: 216 After meeting Rich Kaalaas of Wizards of the Coast at a GTS convention in March 1991 and then GenCon 25,^[3]^{: 276\u2013277} Stevens left White Wolf that same year to join Wizards,^[2] becoming the first full-time employee of the company.^[3]^: 277 She was a vice president for Wizards when they published Magic: The Gathering in 1993,^[4] and she launched The Duelist to support it.^[5] With her experience on Ars Magica while at Lion Rampant, she advised Wizards to acquire the game, which they did in January 1994.^[3]^: 279 After the company purchased TSR, Stevens became the Brand Manager for both the RPGA and Greyhawk.^[3]^: 282\n

She is also an expert on Star Wars collectibles,^[6] and was the brand manager for Wizards' Star Wars Roleplaying Game.^[7]\n

Stevens left Wizards of the Coast in 2000, and made it known that she wanted to acquire the rights to their magazines if they became available.^[3]^: 412 In May 2002, she formed Paizo Publishing, and is the CEO of the company.^[8]^[2] Wizards of the Coast cut their entire magazine department in 2002, so they licensed Dragon, Dungeon, and Star Wars Insider magazines to Stevens through Paizo.^[3]^: 291\n

In 2011, Paizo set up a company called GoblinWorks with Stevens as COO to handle the development of Pathfinder Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.^[9]\n

On June 15, 2020 Paizo announced that Stevens was going to step down from daily operations in preparation for her retirement.^[10]\n

References

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^ ^a ^b Appelcline, Shannon. \"History of Game, #10\". 3 January 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2013.\n
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d \"Paizo People: Lisa Stevens\".\n
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.\n
^ Cherie Henderson (July 23, 1994). \"It's Magic! Popular Cards Do a Disappearing Act\". The Miami Herald. p. G1.\n
^ Adrienne Ward Fawcett (June 26, 1995). \"The Marketing 100: Lisa Stevens\". Advertising Age. p. S24.\n
^ Bonnie Britton (March 31, 2002). \"The Force Will Be with Us\". The Indianapolis Star. p. I1.\n
^ Frank Vinluan (November 12, 2000). \"Game Gives Sci-Fi Fans Free Rein\". The Seattle Times. p. B4.\n
^ Jayson Peters (August 5, 2009). \"Pathfinder RPG Uses Its Charisma Bonus, Sells Out First Run\". East Valley Tribune: Nerdvana. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015.\n
^ David Miller (December 6, 2011). \"Pathfinder Online MMO\". Purple Pawn.\n
^ \"Paizo / Press\". paizo.com. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-16.\n

External links

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\"Lisa Stevens :: Pen & Paper RPG Database\". Archived from the original on February 21, 2005. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

v t e Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
General	\n Periodicals \n List of books \n Paizo\n Lisa Stevens \n Jason Bulmahn \n James L. Sutter \n
Video games	\n Online \n Kingmaker \n Wrath of the Righteous \n
Related	\n Starfinder \n d20 System \n Dungeons & Dragons \n

Dungeons & Dragons

Basics

General	\n Adventurers League \n Controversies \n Editions \n Gen Con \n Popular culture \n Film series \n Related products \n Retro-clones \n Sources and influences \n
Gameplay	\n Adventures \n Alignment \n Attribute \n Dungeon Master \n Game mechanics \n Magic \n Magic item \n Miniatures \n Psionics \n
Creators	\n Gary Gygax \n Dave Arneson \n Keith Baker \n Richard Baker \n David Cook \n Monte Cook \n Ed Greenwood \n Jeff Grubb \n Rob Heinsoo \n Tracy Hickman \n Harold Johnson \n Robert J. Kuntz \n Mike Mearls \n Frank Mentzer \n Tom Moldvay \n Chris Perkins \n Jon Pickens \n Jonathan Tweet \n Jim Ward \n Margaret Weis \n Skip Williams \n Steve Winter \n
Companies	\n TSR \n Wizards of the Coast \n Grenadier Models \n Judges Guild \n Paizo \n Ral Partha \n Strategic Simulations \n WizKids \n
Licenses	\n Open Game License \n Game System License \n System Reference Document \n

Geography and cosmology

Campaign settings

Birthright
Council of Wyrms
Dark Sun
Dragonlance
Dragon Fist\u200b
Eberron
Exandria
Forgotten Realms\n
- Faer\u00fbn
- Al-Qadim
- Kara-Tur
Ghostwalk
Greyhawk
Jakandor
Kingdoms of Kalamar
Magic: The Gathering planes\n
- Ravnica
- Strixhaven
- Theros
Mahasarpa
Mystara\n
- Blackmoor
- Savage Coast
- Hollow World
Nentir Vale\u200b
Pelinore
Planescape
Ravenloft\n
- Masque of the Red Death
Rokugan
Spelljammer

Planes of existence

Material Plane\n
- Aebrynis
- Abeir-Toril
- Athas
- Krynn
- Eberron
- Mystara
- Oerth
- Underdark
Inner Planes
Outer Planes\n
- Sigil

Characters and beings

Races and lineages	\n Dragonborn \n Dwarf \n Elf\n Drow \n Gnome \n Half-elf \n Half-orcs \n Halfling \n Human \n Kender \n Tiefling \n Triton \n Warforged \n
Classes	\n Artificer \n Barbarian \n Bard \n Cleric \n Druid \n Fighter \n Monk \n Paladin \n Ranger \n Rogue \n Sorcerer \n Warlock \n Wizard \n List of alternative classes \n
Character lists	\n Dragonlance \n Greyhawk \n Ravenloft \n
Notable characters	\n Alias \n Catti-brie \n Drizzt Do'Urden \n Elminster \n Volothamp Geddarm \n Gord the Rogue \n Iggwilv \n Lord Soth \n Raistlin Majere \n Minsc \n Mordenkainen \n Tenser \n Strahd von Zarovich \n Wulfgar \n
Creatures and monsters	\n Beholders \n Centaur \n Devils \n Dragons \n Gelatinous cube \n Giants \n Goblins \n Illithid (mind flayer) \n Lich \n Mimic \n Owlbear \n Orcs \n Reptilian humanoids\n Kobolds \n Slaadi \n Trolls \n Vampires \n List of 2nd edition monsters \n List of 3rd edition monsters \n
Deities and powers	\n Bahamut \n Corellon Larethian \n Eilistraee \n Greyhawk deities\n Tharizdun \n Vecna \n Moradin \n Mystra \n Tiamat \n

Publications

Core rulebooks

Classic boxed sets

Supplements

\n Arms and Equipment Guide \n Battlesystem \n Book of Exalted Deeds \n Book of Vile Darkness \n Deities & Demigods \n Draconomicon \n Fiend Folio \n Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting \n Libris Mortis \n Manual of the Planes \n Player's Option: Combat & Tactics \n Player's Option: Skills & Powers \n Player's Option: Spells & Magic \n Unearthed Arcana \n
High-level rules	\n Wrath of the Immortals \n Dungeon Master Option: High-Level Campaigns \n Epic Level Handbook \n
Psionics Handbook	\n AD&D 2nd edition \n D&D 3rd edition \n D&D v3.5 Expanded and Complete \n

Notable
modules

List of Eberron modules and sourcebooks
Against the Giants
Dead Gods
Desert of Desolation
Dragonlance
Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
Expedition to the Demonweb Pits
The Gates of Firestorm Peak
The Isle of Dread
The Keep on the Borderlands
The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
Queen of the Spiders
Ravenloft
Red Hand of Doom
The Ruins of Undermountain
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Tomb of Horrors
White Plume Mountain

Online tools

D&D Insider
D&D Beyond

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Lisa Stevens

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